The Cambridge Companion to Women and Islam, 9781009206716
Hardcover
Muslim women’s lives, faith, and power: a global, complex exploration.

The Cambridge Companion to Women and Islam

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  • Hardcover

    428 pages

  • Release Date

    17 April 2025

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Summary

Unveiling the Tapestry: Women, Islam, and Agency

The Cambridge Companion to Women and Islam offers a comprehensive exploration of a vital subject, drawing from Islamic feminist scholarship, anthropology, history, and sociology. Organized into three distinct sections, this volume makes significant contributions to the field.

It delivers a detailed analysis of textual debates on gender and Islam, clarifying classical reasoning and its lasting influence, while showcasing altern…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781009206716
ISBN-10:1009206710
Series:Cambridge Companions to Religion
Author:Masooda Bano
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:428
Release Date:17 April 2025
Weight:803g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 24mm
About The Author

Masooda Bano

Masooda Bano is a Professor of Development Studies at the University of Oxford and a Senior Golding Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford. She has held numerous prestigious research awards including European Research Council Starting and Advance grants. Bano is the author of Female Islamic Education Movements: The Re-Democratisation of Islamic Knowledge (2017) and has edited several volumes on Islamic educational institutions in Muslim-majority countries as well as in the West.

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